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Japan

Abe sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, local media reported. Abe made the offering under the name of the prime minister for the spring festival at the shrine. The shrine, seen by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, has long been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and its neighbors, as it honors convicted war criminals together with the war dead.

United Kingdom

London climate protest arrests top 700

London police said more than 710 people have been arrested and some 28 have been charged since climate change protests began earlier this week in the British capital. The Extinction Rebellion protests started on Monday and have at times paralyzed parts of London, with peaceful demonstrations at Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Circus and other key landmarks. Protesters were out again on Saturday, urging the British government to make fighting climate change its top priority.

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(China Daily 04/22/2019 page12)